LOST BEAUTIES

OF THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

THE

LOST BEAUTIES

OF THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

AN APPEAL TO AUTHORS, POETS, CLERGYMEN, AND
PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

BY CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D.,

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF DENMARK.

"Ancient words

That come from the poetic quarry

As sharp as swords."

Hamilton's Epistle to Allan Ramsay.

NEW YORK:

J. W. BOUTON, 706, BROADWAY.

1874.